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LeElf — Robotech: Scratch one
Published: 2010-08-08 22:04:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 10504; Favourites: 145; Downloads: 19
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Disclaimer: This piece is just a fun assumption that the Sentinels Storyline occurs. I am tired of seeing the same alphas and VF-1s overdone time and again. Just looking at alternative schemes.The First of Many...CDR Max Sterling, in his trademark Blue VFA-6H catches the first Invid Scout flatfooted with his wing mounted GU-XX Gunpod during a Skull Squadron sweep of occupied Tirol.
Original work done in pen/ink scanned to photoshop and painted.
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I Really wish modern Robotech would do more of this too & not just redo Macross ad nauseum. If Robotech is to exist then the other two anime should be integrated or else we could just have Macross
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I like your art style; clean and crisp linework with an effective use of color shading.
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These are really nice, not just this one, thank you for sharing them.
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Nice sense of speed and great point of view. Great detail of the vortices shedding off the wingtips and the green goo spewing from the Invid.
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Thanks. That was the point of this exercise. If you look carefully you can see the smoke from the GU-XX Autocannon still seeping into the slipstream. Very subtle, but it's there...
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I see it now. Thought it was air condensing.
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That is some excellent coloring and painting here. I do love the composition as well
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Thanks Hand of Manos...that is one of my earlier works. Trying for a natural Copic look. I've thought about trying to improve on it...maybe go more towards a cell animated look? I've done this with some of my more recent pieces. Thanks for the support!
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I do like natural look yet cell shaded could be fun as well 
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Actually, though I like the Manga or Comic book feel of this piece, I really want to go back to it now that I have a better handle on CS4. I might do a Redux...and give it a MOSPEADA tweak vice Robotech THE SENTINELS...or my own reimagining...
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always loved the vfa-6 legioss @ alpha fighter... and with a Skull insignia to boot!
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Please, please, please PLEASE don't take this as a nitpick comment/trollin' - but I'm almost positive that the only one with the skull insigna was the Skull Leader/Roy (or Rick, when he pretty much inherits it). Did you add it in for funzies? Or, If you can recall, did Max ever really have the skull insigna on his veritech?? I'm actually quite curious, not trying to be a dweeb.
Man, I'm in love the original Macross saga!
Awesome fan art.
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Hi DM, this piece assumes the Sentinels story arc occurs. What with the Shadow Chronicles and such the classic Liberation of Tirol is up in the air, not sure what is canon there anymore. What I am doing here is presuming that Max Sterling is leading the Skull Squadron in the first Sweep of Invid-Occupied Tirol and we catch a glimpse of the first kill of an invid Scout. I chose to paint Max's Alpha in his traditional Blue, though I used a ligther hue, and I put semi Mospeada markings on it and added the Skull. Kinda my take on what it would look like. I will likley never paint any Mecha just like the TV show. I take it a step further...
Long answer, but there you go!
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Don't worry 'bout it being long! Thank you for replying, and that's the answer I was kinda hoping for but I was just unsure.
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Sweet Alpha fighter, if only they could finish the 4th Robotech storyline...
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Yeah, I'm almost glad they didn't. Hoping we don't see any more Shadow Chronicles either. Not a fan of that drivel...
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